A Kentish Town dry cleaners is “urgently” making 1,500 scrubs for NHS, care home and hospice workers as its “demand far outstrips supply”.

Universal Dry Cleaners in Brecknock Road has set up a fundraiser - already past the £20,000 mark - enabling it to produce and deliver PPE to practices including Fitzrovia Medical Centre and the James Wigg GP.

Owner Yani Zertalis said he was “blown away” by support from the local community as staff and volunteers quickly mobilised over past weeks to cover operations such as sourcing the fabrics and sewing the scrubs.

But, he warned, the need for PPE inside hospices and care homes - “who sadly appear forgoten” durng the pandemic - was just as great as the NHS.

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